Baling-press



(No Model.)

T. J. GORNING.

BALING PRESS.

No. 368,074. 8 Patented Aug. 9, 1887.

TM I l P1.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. CORNING, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,074, dated August 9, 1887.

Application filed June 13, 1887. Serial No. 241,203. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMASJ. CORNING, of San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. a p i My invention relates to improvements in baling presses, the several features of which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The invention involves the mechanism for actuating the plunger, which is operated continuously in one direction, with an intermittent operation of the pitman which carries the plunger, and also the means for contracting the end of the compression-chamber in giving the necessary resistance for compressing the suc-- ceeding bale.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the greater portion of the press,'the other portion being a side elevation, and the section being on line as w of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is aplan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the compressioirchanr her with a portion cut away displaying a bolt. A represents the frame, having a general construction very similar to the horizontal baling-presses in use. This consists of an open frame to the right for supporting the operating parts, a top opening, 0, through which the material to be baled is fed, and'a compressionchamber with orifieesin its sides, through which the .bindingwires are introduced. The side boards, M M, are secured to the inner posts, P, by bolts 0, their outer ends being free. Lying against these boards are the ribs N N their inner ends being held by the same bolts which hold the side boards, M M. Said ribs are held at their outer ends by the bolts 0, which only extend through the posts 1?, as shown in Fig. 3. The postsP are notched beneath the ribs, and as the bolts are tightened said ribs bear against the side boards, M, and they are thereby forced inwardly to diminish the space at the 'outer end of the compression-chamber. In operation the effect is to produce a greater compression of the bale sidewise as the same is being expelled by the operation of the succeeding bale.

.the completed bale is expelled.

The plunger D is like a quadrangular box with an open end. To the closed end is at tached the plate L, to which the pronged pitman E isjointe'd. The worm-wheel J has bearings in the sides of the frame for its shaft H. On both ends of the wheel and on opposite sides of its axis are the pins I I, with guidebars 1 extending therefrom to the shaft and slightly beyond. These pins form the bearings for the shouldered ends t of the forked pitman,and the shoulder a of said pitman engages the ends of the said bars. Fig. 1 shows the pit-man after having completed its full stroke, and when thrown off the bearing-pin I the pitman slides upon the bars (by the resiliency of the compressed hay) and drops Over the ends thereof, where it is heldnntil released by the action of bearingpin I. The position about the timeof release is shown by the dotted lines E, the pitman being in position to fly back after its disengagement, which action is effected by the'poiuts 12 of the pitman bearing against the guide bars extended from the bearing-pins. The worm-shaft F is supported in bearings S S, attached to the top of the frame.

At S, Fig. 2, is shown the top of the bearing-boxes connected-while in Fig. 1 the uniting part is broken away. On the endof the worm-shaft outside of the frame is attached a band-pulley, G, by which the press may be driven by steam-engine or other power. The arrow indicates the direction in which the worm-wheel isdriven, Aspur-wheel might be substituted for the worm-wheel and a pinion might engage the same, it being mounted in hearings on the sides of theframe, with a suitable pulley attached to its shaft.

The operation is described as follows: The plunger being in position to ad mithay through the opening 0, the same is moved into the compression-chamber until the forked ends of the pitman leave the bearing-pius, when it flies back by the expansion of the compressed hay, where it is held fro m any rebound by the shoulder of the pitman engaging the ends of the guide bars or plates. A driven plate or board is put in the hay, and as the pressure continues The contraction of the sides of the compression-chamber gives the necessary resistance to compress the succeeding bale.

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Having fully described my iuvention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a baling-press, the pressing-chamber having inclining side walls narrowing toward the outward extremity, adj ustably contracted by means of the ribs N being carried inwardly by bolts connecting posts I? with said ribs, for the purpose of giving the necessary compression to a succeeding bale, substantially as set forth.

2. In a baling-press, the forked pitlnan E, having points 1) and shouldered ends t, in combination with a plunger and wheel having bearingpins and guide-bars, substantially as set forth.

3. In a baling-press, the forked pitman E, having points 1 shouldered ends 13, and shoulders w, in combination with the wheel J having bearing-pins I I, with guide-bars, substantially as set forth.

4. In a baling-press, the combination of the pulley G, worm F, and wornrwheel J, having pins 1 1, with guide-bars, forked pitman E, and plunger D, substantially as set forth.

5. In a bailing-press, the combination, with a plunger and a pitman having one end connected to said plunger and the other end free, of awheel for imparting motion to the plunger, said wheel being constructed to automatically engage with and be disengaged from the free end of the pitman and to impart two forward strokes to the plunger during every complete revolution of the wheel, substantiallyas set forth.

6. In a baling-press, the combination, with a plunger and a pitman having one of its ends connected therewith, of a worm-wheel and worm-shaft, the worm-wheel being constructed to be automaticallyconnected with the outer end of the pitman to effect the forward stroke of the plunger, and to be automatically disconnected-from the pitman during the retraction of the plunger, substantially as set forth.

7. In a bailing-press, the combination, with a plunger and a pitman having a bifurcated end connected therewith, of a driving-wheel constructed to have its opposite sides automatically engage the bifurcated end of the pitman and move the plunger in a direction to compress the bale and to allow of the automatic disengagement and retraction of the pitman when the compression has been completed, substantially as set forth.

8. In a baling-press, the combination, with a driving-wheel having laterally-projecting pins located in a plane on opposite sides of the axis thereof, of a plunger and a pitman connected therewith, the latter having a shoulder adapted to be engaged first by one pin and then by the other, whereby the plunger is operated twice to each revolution of the wheel, substantially as set forth.

9. In a baling-prcss, the combination, with a wheel having laterally-projecting pins located in a plane on opposite sides of the axis of the wheel, of a plunger, a pitman, the latter having a shoulder adapted to be engaged first by one pin and then by the other and impart to the plunger two forward strokes to every complete revolution of the wheel, and a device for releasing the pitlnan from the pins, substantially as set forth.

10. In a baling-press, the combination, with a driving-wheel having laterally-projecting pins located in a plane on opposite sides of the axis of the wheel, and guide-bars extending from the lugs over said axis, of a pitinan having a shoulder adapted to be engaged by the lugs, substantially as set forth.

11. In a baling-press, the combination, with a worm and worm-wheel, the latter having a laterally-projecting pin, of a plunger and a pitman provided with a shoulder adapted to be engaged at intervals by the pin, substantially as set forth.

12. In a baling-press, the combi nation, with a worm and worm-wheel, the latter having laterally-projecting pins located in a plane on opposite sides of the axis of the wheel, of a plunger and a pitman having a shoulder adapted to automatically engage the pins and be released therefrom ,substantiall y as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS J. CORSING. \Vitnesses:

G. F. DOWNING, W. CLARENCE DUVALL. 

